U+7149 "煉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
煉
U+7149 "煉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "to refine" or "to smelt," often associated with the process of heating and purifying metals such as iron or steel. It is composed of the radical for "fire" (火) on the left and the phonetic component 柬 (jiǎn) on the right, reflecting its original connection to metallurgy and chemical transformation. Beyond its literal sense, the character is metaphorically used in Chinese to describe rigorous training or the cultivation of character, as in the phrase "煉心" (refining the mind). It appears in traditional Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writing systems, where it retains similar meanings related to smelting, tempering, or disciplined practice.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+7149 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 煉 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 煉 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0x85 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x7149 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00007149 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u7149 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B7D2 |
| kCCCII | 21496A |
| kCNS1986 | 1-6478 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-6478 |
| kCangjie | FDWF |
| kCantonese | lin6 |
| kCihaiT | 855.103 |
| kCowles | 2356 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1087.090 |
| kDefinition | smelt, refine; distill, condense |
| kEACC | 21496A |
| kFenn | 505D |
| kFennIndex | 308.04 |
| kFourCornerCode | 9589.6 |
| kGB1 | 3322 |
| kHangul | 련:0N 연:0 |
| kHanYu | 32215.110 |
| kHanyuPinlu | liàn(256) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 32215.110:liàn,làn |
| kHKGlyph | 2404 |
| kIICore | ATJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1087.090 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 32215.110 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0676.040 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-4136 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B7D2 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4E7B |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-D8A8 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-5621 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-6478 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-5E2D |
| kJapanese | レン ラン ねる |
| kJinmeiyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJapaneseKun | NERU |
| kJapaneseOn | REN |
| kJis0 | 4691 |
| kKangXi | 0676.040 |
| kKarlgren | 372 |
| kKorean | LYEN |
| kLau | 1890 |
| kMandarin | liàn |
| kMatthews | 4019 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1572 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ016475 MJ016474:E0102 MJ016475:E0103 |
| kMorohashi | 19178 19178:E0103 |
| kNelson | 2783 |
| kPhonetic | 549 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+4035+86.4.8 |
| kRSUnicode | 86.9 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "炼" U+70BC CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 399.02 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | liàn粵lin6 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 3550 |
| kTotalStrokes | 13 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | luyện |
| kXerox | 254:356 |
| kXHC1983 | 0705.031:liàn |